How to install native broadcom drivers for BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4321, and BCM4322

[vibhor goyal]

thats what I get:

root@vbgoz-laptop:/home/vbgoz/Desktop/hyb# lsmod |grep -e b43 -e ssb -e ndiswrapper -e bcm43xx -e wl
wl                   1081920  0 
ieee80211_crypt         8192  2 wl,ieee80211_crypt_tkip
root@vbgoz-laptop:/home/vbgoz/Desktop/hyb# uname -r
2.6.24-21-generic
root@vbgoz-laptop:/home/vbgoz/Desktop/hyb# lshw -C network
  *-network               
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 01
       serial: 00:21:00:38:aa:fc
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl latency=0 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1e:68:8d:29:c6
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK duplex=half latency=0 link=no module=r8169 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
root@vbgoz-laptop:/home/vbgoz/Desktop/hyb#

[Ayuthia]

thats what I get:

root@vbgoz-laptop:/home/vbgoz/Desktop/hyb# lsmod |grep -e b43 -e ssb -e ndiswrapper -e bcm43xx -e wl
wl                   1081920  0 
ieee80211_crypt         8192  2 wl,ieee80211_crypt_tkip
root@vbgoz-laptop:/home/vbgoz/Desktop/hyb# uname -r
2.6.24-21-generic
root@vbgoz-laptop:/home/vbgoz/Desktop/hyb# lshw -C network
  *-network               
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 01
       serial: 00:21:00:38:aa:fc
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl latency=0 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1e:68:8d:29:c6
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK duplex=half latency=0 link=no module=r8169 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
root@vbgoz-laptop:/home/vbgoz/Desktop/hyb#

What happens when you do:

sudo iwlist scan

The information that you show looks like it is fine. I just want to see if the card can scan wireless sites through the command line.

[PinkFloyd102489]

Any word whether this module will do monitor mode and/or packet injection? Id really, really like to get injection on my BCM4328 rev03. Currently using the wl driver included in the Ubuntu kernel.

[Ayuthia]

Any word whether this module will do monitor mode and/or packet injection? Id really, really like to get injection on my BCM4328 rev03. Currently using the wl driver included in the Ubuntu kernel.

As far as I know, it does not. I could be wrong though. I think that you would have better chances that the b43 driver for your card would be done before the wl driver gets that capability. I say this because the wl driver is proprietary so I can't see this capability being implemented. Of course, there are no facts behind my words.

[vibhor goyal]

What happens when you do:

sudo iwlist scan

The information that you show looks like it is fine. I just want to see if the card can scan wireless sites through the command line.

that's what I get:

lo     Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0   Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1   Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument

[vibhor goyal]

somebody plz help me out with this bcm4322 issue..

[PinkFloyd102489]

somebody plz help me out with this bcm4322 issue..

You're probably ahead just to use the wl driver that comes with Ubuntu. It works well out of the box on just about every Broadcom chip. It does for my BCM4328.

[vibhor goyal]

You're probably ahead just to use the wl driver that comes with Ubuntu. It works well out of the box on just about every Broadcom chip. It does for my BCM4328.

it didn't work for me.

[slugicide]

I have BCM4328 and the driver Ubuntu offers doesn't work. How'd you do it?

[PinkFloyd102489]

I have BCM4328 and the driver Ubuntu offers doesn't work. How'd you do it?

System > Administration > Hardware Drivers


If it still doesnt work when enabled, do:

sudo lshw -C Network

If the wireless interface has wl listed but isnt working, run this script (assuming you have a broadcom ethernet card also).

#!/bin/bash
sudo rmmod b44
sudo rmmod ssb
sudo rmmod wl
sudo modprobe wl
sudo modprobe ssb
sudo modprobe b44
sudo ifconfig